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' Patented Oct. 5,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD D. GALLAGHER AND CHARLES DOUGLAS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN; SAlDGALLAGHER ASSIGNOR TO SAID DOUGLAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,958, dated October5, 1880.

Application filed November 24, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RICHARD D. GALLA- GHER and CHARLES DOUGLAS, both ofDetroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Brooms and Whisk-Brooms, which improvementis fully set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure I is perspective View with a part of the broomcut away. Figs. II and III are longitudinal' central sections.

The object of our invention is to facilitate the manufacture of brooms,so that they can be made more perfectly and quickly with less stock, andto dispense with the skilled labor now required in the manufacture ofthe ordinary brooms.

In making these brooms the corn or fiber must be first prepared inuniform lengths by disconnecting the fibers from the stalk and eveningthem from the brush or fine ends, and cutting from the butt-ends what isnecessary to make them of even length, so that when the broom is made itwill not be necessary to cut oft or trim any of the brush or fine endsof the broom-corn, which has to be done in finishing the ordinary broomsthat are now made, and which is detrimental to their wearing qualities.

The face 0 of the head A is provided with a series of longitudinalserrations, S,into which, after the broom-corn has been dampened andarranged on the face 0, the butts are pressed by means of the woodenclamp B, the latter being securely held in place on the butts and headby the staples c c, straddling the clamp B near its ends, and havingtheir hooked and pointed ends driven into the sides of the head A. Thebroom-corn is then bent into a perpendicular position, and the endwires, F F, are secured to the clamps B and head. A, to prevent lateralmovement of the broom-straws, and a continuous piece of leather, a, orfibrous material, is secured to the clamp B and head A, covering thespace between them.

The lower end of the handle D is screwthreaded and screwed into ascrew-threaded hole in the head A made to receive it.

We are aware that it is not new to clamp the butt-ends of broom-strawsbetween the head of a broom and a clamping-block secured to the head bybolts and nuts, and we therefore lay no claim, broadly, to suchinvention.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The combination, with a series of broom straws having their butts injuxtaposition, of the head A, clamping-block B, staples c, straddlingsaid clamping-block and having their hooked ends secured to the head A,and end wires, F, substantially as described, and for the purpose setforth.

RICHARD D. GALLAGHER. CHARLES DOUGLAS.

Witnesses v THos. THOMPSON, J As: W. DWYER.

